There will be a book signing for the newly published Townsend Press release of Images of a Preacher: A Study of the Life of Reverend Joseph Harrison Jackson on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at 12:30-2:00 p.m. and 4:00-5:00 p.m., It will be held at the bookstore in the Baptist World Center during the Mid-winter Board Meeting of the National Baptist Convention. The Mid-winter meeting is expected to draw over 1,800 attendees from across the nation, who will meet over a five-day period to review the business and governance of the Convention and join in Christian fellowship.
The book is an examination of the rise and fall of one of the nation’s most dynamic orators of the Gospel, the Reverend Joseph Harrison Jackson. Dr. Jackson is best known as the former president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. His tenure extended from 1953 to 1982. People interested in the history of the African- American church, the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., the civil rights move-ment, black self-empowerment, black preaching, or one of the most compelling figures in the twentieth-century black church, need to read this book. Tribble explores the contours of Jackson’s life and exposes his genius to a new generation of leaders.
The book’s Foreword was written by the current president of the National Baptist Convention, Dr. William J. Shaw. This book should easily find a home both in the theological academy and in the church.
Dr. Sherman R. Tribble is the organizing pastor of New Visions Baptist Church of Nashville, Tennessee. He has the privilege of serving as the Director of Book Publishing of the SSPB of the NBCUSA, Inc. He has also enjoyed serving in several academic institutions, such as American Baptist College, Fisk University, Vanderbilt University, United Theological Seminary, and Apex School of Theology—where he currently serves as Director of the Doctoral Studies Program. This minister, his-torian, and musician has an avid interest in understanding the nuances of the African-American religious heritage, and this book reflects that abiding interest.
To set up interviews with Sherman Tribble, or for additional information about the book, please contact: Sharanda Smith, Media Relations, Sunday School Publishing Board, 330 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37201; 615-256-2480 (ext. 5789); shsmith@sspbnbc.com.
Images of a Preacher is now available to order via catalog orders, customer service, and online at www.sspbnbc.com. The book was published by Townsend Press and retails for $19.95.
ISBN 9781932972085, pp193 – 6” x 9” – Trade paper. U.S. $19.95
